We practicing tracking the energy going into and out of an ideal gas. We practiced the four types of transitions that can happen: isobaric, isovolumetric, isothermal, and adiabatic. Adiabatic is my favorite. We also did Super LOL diagrams, which, if you don't know about, you should read this blog post.
We also talked about the first law of thermodynamics, which is pretty obvious if you understand the LOL diagrams. We know that work in and out is related to volume, but we're not sure exactly how, and we know internal energy is related to temperature, but we're not sure how, but I guess that's what tomorrow is for.